From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Disappearing EMAC files Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:04:34 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <86k6yxnfjh.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> References: <9F7DB6FF6C9FB34EB8536404FCDF2FAF0138A343@mail.lcb.uoregon.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085800652 19450 80.91.224.253 (29 May 2004 03:17:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 03:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 29 05:17:26 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BTuLe-0003Gs-00 for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 05:17:26 +0200 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=mailman.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BTuLi-0003pv-Am for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 23:17:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BTuLQ-0003m1-1B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 23:17:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BTuLO-0003lK-Gi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 23:17:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BTuLO-0003lA-5w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 23:17:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BTcM6-0004wx-Lu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 04:04:42 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BTcM5-00070l-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 10:04:41 +0200 Original-Received: from 139.4.37.213 ([139.4.37.213]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 10:04:41 +0200 Original-Received: from kai by 139.4.37.213 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 10:04:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.4.37.213 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SVziyQ6snM3uk5NJ/nW/syDE58s= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18853 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18853 "Michele Reniff" writes: > I am tech support for the Lundquist College of Business and one of > the faculty here uses EMACs. His .emacs and assorted other files > stored on the root drive of C have simply disappeared. Lucky, he > has a backup copy of the .emacs file and was able to continue > working. I was wondering if any other EMAC user has experience this > phenomenon. Emacs does not normally delete that file, so it must have been something or someone else. People may wish to set the HOME environment variable to some safe, backed-up, directory, and put the .emacs file into that directory. >>From within Emacs, C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET opens the file that Emacs will load during startup. This can be used to check whether the environment variable is set properly, for example. Kai